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Uncle Samuel wrote:

> Matt Telles wrote:
> 
> http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/08/02/gvl10802.htm
> 
> Washington -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's choice of 
> Sen. John Edwards (D, N.C.) as his running mate has generated a 
> commotion in the physician community. The reason: Edwards' reputation as 
> a trial lawyer is built largely on medical malpractice lawsuits.
> 

He's a successful capitalist.  You should respect and laud him for that.

Compared to Bush's resume of failures, Edwards is a breath of fresh air 
with regard to cleaning up a corrupt system.
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George W. Bush: Resume



"If this were a dictatorship,

it would be a heck of a lot easier,

just so long as I'm the dictator."

George W. Bush





  Education (highlights):

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       With my daddy's help, I got into exclusive Andover, where I was a 
mediocre student.
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       Was in the bottom 20 percent of students as a freshman at Yale, 
where I also joined the secret Skull and Bones society.
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       Applied to the University of Texas Law School and was rejected.



Past work experience:

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       Ran for congress and lost.
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       Served for a decade on the board of a company that financed 
several R-rated slasher B movies.
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       Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas, so the 
company went bankrupt. Sold all my stock just in the nick of time to a 
wealthy Saudi friend of my father.
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       Bought a small portion of the Texas Rangers baseball team in a 
sweetheart deal that forcibly took land using eminent domain and 
taxpayer money. Most notable decision: Traded Sammy Sosa to the White 
Sox for Harold Baines. Most notable profiteering: Parlayed a $605K loan 
into a $14.9 Million profit using taxpayer money and eminent domain laws 
to evict homeowners, obtain land and increase the value of the shares in 
the Texas Rangers.





Accomplishments While Governor of Texas (1995-2000):

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       Relaxed pollution laws for power and oil companies (I 
"grandfathered" the dirtiest coal burning power plants, making them 
exempt from clean air laws, for example) and made Texas the most 
polluted state in the Union, in 1999. The same year, Houston had the 
"highest ozone level reading in the nation", and was second most 
ozone-polluted city in the country from 1997 through 1999.
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       Slashed taxes, reduced state revenue to the point of bankruptcy 
and put the Texas government in debt for billions in borrowed money, the 
interest for which is now paid for by the Texas taxpayer.
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       Set a record for the most executions by any Governor in American 
history and became famous for publicly mocking Faye Tucker, a Christian 
female death row inmate, for her clemency plea before she was executed.

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       Appointed US President, on a questionable decision by a highly 
partisan Supreme Court, after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes.



  Accomplishments While US President (2001-present):

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       Attacked and invaded two countries so far, losing more US 
soldiers after I claimed "Mission Accomplished" than the total number 
who were killed during full combat operations in both wars combined.
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       Spent the largest surplus in the history of the country and 
nearly bankrupted the treasury.
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       Shattered records for the biggest annual deficit in history.
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       Presided over all time economic record for most private 
bankruptcies filed during any Presidency, beating the previous record, 
which was set during the depression years.
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       Set all-time record for biggest loss of value in the history of 
the stock market during any Presidency.
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       Helped "push" through Congress and then signed into law the 
largest overtime pay cut in US history, despite the fact that 3 out of 4 
Americans opposed it.
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       First President in US history to enter office with a criminal record.
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       First year in office set the all-time record for most days on 
vacation by any President in US history.
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       After taking the entire month of August 2001 off for vacation, 
presided over the worst security failure in US history, the September 11 
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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       Set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips of any 
President in US history.
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       In my first three years in office over 3.3 million Americans lost 
their jobs.
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       Presided over the all-time U.S. record for most foreclosures in a 
12-month period.
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       Set the record for the fewest amount of press conferences of any 
President since the advent of television.
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       Presided over perhaps the biggest energy crisis in US history and 
refused to intervene when ENRON corruption was revealed and many states 
faced bankruptcy.
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       Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and 
refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.
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       Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans while posing on aircraft 
carriers in a flight suit and despite praising the troops at every 
opportunity.
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       Inspired the all-time record for most people worldwide to 
simultaneously take to the streets to protest a US decision to go to war 
(15 million people).
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       My administration is the most secretive and unaccountable of any 
in US history, surpassing the secrecy of the Nixon administration at its 
darkest moments.
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       Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US 
history. (the 'poorest' multi-millionaire, Condoleeza Rice, had a 
Chevron oil tanker named after her).
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       Presided over the worst fiscal crisis to hit all 50 states of the 
Union since World War II.
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       Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud (ENRON, 
WorldCom, Global Crossing) of any market in any country in history.
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       First President in US history to order an unprovoked attack and 
military occupation of a sovereign nation.
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       First President in US history to start a war against the will of 
the United Nations and the world community.
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       Created the largest new government bureaucracy (Department of 
Homeland Security) in the history of the United States.
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       Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending 
increases, more than any President in US history.
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       First President in US history to have the United Nations remove 
the US from the human rights commission.
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       Along with my Attorney General, John Ashcroft, I have eroded the 
civil liberties of American citizens more than at any other time in US 
history.
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       After the 9/11 attacks, I lobbied for and signed into law the 
"rush job" Patriot Act, which legalized "Big Brother-like" surveillance 
of US citizens for the first time in history.
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       I disregard states rights when it suits me, but I always run for 
office on a platform that holds states rights above federal rights.
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       I've imprisoned more sick people for growing and smoking 
medicinal Cannabis than any other president, in violation of states 
rights, of course, and against the wishes of the states and local voters.
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        Withdrew from the World Court (International Court of Justice) 
and I refuse to recognize it unless it gives my administration, the US 
and global corporations special immunity.
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